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Lewis Ayres offers a new account of the most important century in the development of Christian belief after Christ. He shows how the doctrine of the Trinity was developed, and in particular argues that a conception of God's mysteriousness and spiritual progress towards understanding is central... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Augustine: Add a description of this character.
- Gregory Nazianzen
- Basil
- Hilary
- Alexander
- Marcellus
- Arius
- Ambrose
- Athanasius
- John
- Constantine
- Cyril
- Hanson
- Paul
- Michel Barnes
- Eusebius
- I. Towards
- Rowan D. Williams
- Simonetti
- Damasus
- Julian
- Tertullian
- Lucian
- Rahner
- Eunomius
- Peter
- Burrell
- Ephrem
- Eustathius
- La Crisi
- Brill
- T. & T. Clark
- George
- Didymus
- Marcel Ian
- Lienhard
- Julius
- Chrysostom
- Rufinus
- Daniel H. Williams
- Rowan Williams
- Harnack
- Kopecek
Setting & Locations edit
- Nicaea
- Nyssa
- Antioch
- Alexandria
- Caesarea
- Constantinople
- Rome
- New York
- Paris
- Gratian
- Ancyra
- London
- Cambridge
- Nicomedia
- Sirmium
- Italy
- Egypt
- Serdica
- Godhead
- Trinity
- Holy Spirit
- Philadelphia
- Edinburgh
- Meletius
- Seleucia
- Vaggione
- Milan
- Berkeley
- Contra Eunomium
- Aetius
- Poitiers
- Palestine
- Jerusalem
- Syriac
- Asia Minor
- Thrace
- Leiden
- Edessa
- Gottingen
- Ursacius
- Epiphanius
- Sozomen
- Byzantium
- Armenia
- Ariminum
- Greece
- Sabellius
- Himself
First Sentence edit
The fourth century of the Christian era witnessed a controversy that produced some of the basic principles of classical Trinitarian and Christological doctrine, the most important creed in the history of Christianity, and theological texts that have remained points of departure for Christian theology in every subsequent generation.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lewis Ayres (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 231.044
Subjects edit
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Church History › Early Church
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Theology › Catechisms
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Theology
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › History
- Books › Nonfiction › Foreign Language Nonfiction › German
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